CVE-2017-15593

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak) because reference counts are mishandled.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-772

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-242.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-242.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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